Usually means: Separated and rediscovered after years.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word long lost:

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  1. long lost: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. long-lost: Merriam-Webster
  3. long-lost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. long-lost, long-lost: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Long-Lost, Long-lost, long-lost: Wordnik
  6. long-lost: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. long-lost, long lost: Wiktionary
  8. long-lost: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Long Lost, The Long Lost (album), The Long Lost: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. long-lost: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Long lost)

▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of long-lost [Having been missing or unknown for a long period of time.]

Similar:
long-time, longstanding, longterm, longlived, longtailed, longlasting, life-long, life long, extra-long, a long time in coming, more...

Opposite:
recently found, rediscovered, recovered

Types:
forgotten, ignored, unnoticed, unremembered, unrecognized, more...

Phrases:
Long Lost Suitcase, long lost friend, long lost name, long lost love, more...

Adjectives:
longlasting, lifelong, longstanding, decadeslong, longlived, longtime, long, long-life, long term, lengthly

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Similar:
long-time, longstanding, longterm, longlived, longtailed, longlasting, life-long, life long, extra-long, a long time in coming, more...

Opposite:
recently found, rediscovered, recovered

Types:
forgotten, ignored, unnoticed, unremembered, unrecognized, more...

Phrases:
Long Lost Suitcase, long lost friend, long lost name, long lost love, more...

Adjectives:
longlasting, lifelong, longstanding, decadeslong, longlived, longtime, long, long-life, long term, lengthly



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